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Originally Posted by KenJackson
When the term " Personal Computer" was coined (trademarked?) it ran only PC-DOS, later named MS-DOS. Windows came along years later.
So if anyone tries to kick Linux off of the PC, I insist we kick Windows off too.  |
Perhaps the mods will need to move this to the "Religions and Politics" forum.
Umm... NO! "Personal Computer" was not coined when IBM produced the IBM PC running PC DOS (which happened in August 1981).
I used to get a magazine,
Personal Computer World which covered the launch of the IBM PC. The magazine started in February 1978, so the term "Personal Computer" must have been in common use even then.
A Personal Computer is any single-user desktop-or-smaller general purpose computer. But a PC is now specifically a windows-based personal computer.
Language changes. I got over it. You should too.